Itxaso del PalacioInvestment Analyst at EC1
Itxaso del Palacio is an academic and an investor. She is an Investment Analyst at EC1 Capital where she is responsible for building a quality deal flow. She is also helping some of the companies in the portfolio. As an academic, Itxaso is a Teaching Fellow in Entrepreneurship at UCL in London. She teaches at the MSc Technology Entrepreneurship and helps students building their companies. In the past, Itxaso was based in Silicon Valley and helped Spanish entrepreneurs setting up in the Bay Area. She has a background in Engineering and she holds a PhD in Entrepreneurship.
About TEDxAthens
http://hub.tedxathens.com/
TEDxAthens is a world-class conference about Innovation, Creativity and Ideas based in Athens, Greece. TEDxAthens is one of the very first TEDx events worldwide -consequently the first TEDx event in Greece- and started in May 2009. TEDxAthens seeks to develop and leverage the TED experience at a regional level, bringing together innovators and inspirational speakers, shakers, makers and breakers.

2011-06-17 Presenters: Scott Dempwolf, Terry Holzheimer and Sakina Khan
THIS WEBCAST AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ONLY, NOT APPLICABLE FOR AICP CM CREDITS.
With the renewed federal focus on fostering regional innovation clusters (RICs), geographic concentrations of firms and industries that do business with each other and have common needs for talent, technology, and infrastructure, planners across the nation are seeking to understand how to translate the concept of clusters into actual sustainable local economic growth. This webinar will examine the regional innovation cluster concept and provide an overview of two communities that have successfully planned for RIC growth. Scott Dempwolf, CeCD, will provide a basic overview of the cluster concept, its evolution in public policy and the current Federal focus on growing RICs, for a general planning audience. This webinar will then focus on the details of how planners have fostered or are working to foster regional innovation clusters in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area. Terry Holzheimer, Ph.D, FAICP, will speak about ArlingtonEconomic Development's experience building a science and technology cluster with a focus on critical infrastructure protection and homeland security. Sakina Khan, Senior Economic Planner, District of ColumbiaOffice of Planning, will describe how the Department of Homeland SecurityHeadquarters investments at the former St. Elizabeths HospitalCampus site may bring innovation and new economic opportunity to the District of Columbia. This will be a joint session put on by NCAC-APA Chapter and the APA Economic Development Division.

published:04 Aug 2012

views:1725

Innovation policy is increasingly conceived as the shared responsibility of national and subnational governments, yet most countries are struggling with multilevel governance. During this presentation, José Guimón provides an overview of how different countries are dealing with regional innovation policy and of the institutions and tools used for national-regional coordination. Drawing on examples from Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia, he will discuss policy implications for developing countries, which have decentralized their innovation policies more recently than developed countries, but face more acute challenges with respect to critical mass and institutional capacity.

published:19 Feb 2016

views:86

The H2020 NEFERTITI project (Networking EuropeanFarms to Enhance Cross Fertilisation and Innovation Uptake through Demonstration) is a Network comprising 32 partners and coordinated by ACTA, the head of Network of the French Agricultural Technical Institutes.
NEFERTITI establishes 10 interactive thematic networks and brings together 45 regional clusters (hubs) of demo-farmers and actors involved (advisors, NGOs, industry, education, researchers and policy makers) in 17 countries. NEFERTITI focuses on creating added value from the exchange of knowledge, actors, farmers and technical content between networks in order to boost innovation uptake and to improve peer to peer learning and network connectivity between farming actors across Europe. In the end, it all contributes to a more competitive and sustainable agriculture.

Aiming for innovation in new generation network technology
Keio University, Department of SystemDesignEngineering
Hiroaki Nishi
Q.Encryption methods are typically used for security, and when you think of encryption, people tend to think that any type of information is safe if it is encrypted.
At our lab, were using something called side channel attacks for example, and with this, even if you think your communication signals are generally safe, they arent.
For example, consider the communication route. Communication lines flow along cables. Now, data is generally safe if it flows along a cable, but those lines can be tapped to gain access to that information.
Also, with personal computers, we usually work using a monitor and keyboard,
but radio waves are output by monitors and an antenna can be used to capture those radio waves from a remote location and reproduce the images on the screen.
As a countermeasure to this type of action, were using a variety of hardware tools to completely encrypt signal lines.
Data is encrypted so that its impossible for outsiders to determine where the communication stream ends or to determine if there is any communication or information.
Q.afamily restaurants, cold storage warehouses, schools, and ordinary homes and such so that rather than managing the power grid on a house to house basis, the power is controlled as an entire region in a certain location.
As a result, the overall power grid becomes more efficient and there are no cuts in power during peak demand.
As for peaks in power demand, when the power demand suddenly increases, the demand can exceed the power generation capacity of solar cells and gas powered AC generators. What were trying to do is build a system that enables efficient consumption of power on a regional basis by controlling the power so that the demand doesnt exceed the power generation capacity and so that the peak can be shifted to a different time.
Q.With networks, we can be connected to all types of things. The study of this connection is basically a pursuit of the relationship between different things.
With that in mind, we have things that we must do as individuals and we are constantly relying on something. That is when we can use networks to link various information and items.
What we want to do next and what type of lifestyle we want in the future are closely connected, and from that perspective, if your dream is to live a certain type of lifestyle and create a certain type of world, then ICT technology can be used to somehow achieve that dream. In fact, thats how weve reached the point that we are at today. I believe that we can achieve these dreams in the future, so my aspiration is to change the world that we live in, and because I have the desire to make changes, I will begin that effort with the use of ICT technology.
If you want to make changes in the world, we want to work with you to make those changes together.

Innovation

Innovation is a new idea, or more-effective device or process. Innovation can be viewed as the application of better solutions that meet new requirements, unarticulated needs, or existing market needs. This is accomplished through more-effective products, processes, services, technologies, or business models that are readily available to markets, governments and society. The term "innovation" can be defined as something original and more effective and, as a consequence, new, that "breaks into" the market or society.

While a novel device is often described as an innovation, in economics, management science, and other fields of practice and analysis, innovation is generally considered to be the result of a process that brings together various novel ideas in a way that they have an impact on society.

Inter-disciplinary views

Business and economics

In business and economics, innovation can be a catalyst to growth. With rapid advancements in transportation and communications over the past few decades, the old world concepts of factor endowments and comparative advantage which focused on an area’s unique inputs are outmoded for today’s global economy. Economist Joseph Schumpeter, who contributed greatly to the study of innovation economics, argued that industries must incessantly revolutionize the economic structure from within, that is innovate with better or more effective processes and products, as well as market distribution, such as the connection from the craft shop to factory. He famously asserted that “creative destruction is the essential fact about capitalism”. In addition, entrepreneurs continuously look for better ways to satisfy their consumer base with improved quality, durability, service, and price which come to fruition in innovation with advanced technologies and organizational strategies.

Region

In geography, regions are areas broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and the environment (environmental geography). Geographic regions and sub-regions are mostly described by their imprecisely defined, and sometimes transitory boundaries, except in human geography, where jurisdiction areas such as national borders are clearly defined in law.

Apart from the globalcontinental regions, there are also hydrospheric and atmospheric regions that cover the oceans, and discrete climates above the land and water masses of the planet. The land and water global regions are divided into subregions geographically bounded by large geological features that influence large-scale ecologies, such as plains and features.

As a way of describing spatial areas, the concept of regions is important and widely used among the many branches of geography, each of which can describe areas in regional terms. For example, ecoregion is a term used in environmental geography, cultural region in cultural geography, bioregion in biogeography, and so on. The field of geography that studies regions themselves is called regional geography.

Economic development

Economic development is a term that economists, politicians,
and others have used frequently in the 20th century. The concept, however, has
been in existence in the West for centuries. Modernization,Westernization, and especially Industrialization are other terms people have used while discussing economic development. Economic development has a direct relationship with the environment and environmental issues.

Whereas economic development is a policy intervention endeavor with aims of economic and social well-being of people, economic growth is a phenomenon of market productivity and rise in GDP. Consequently, as economist Amartya Sen points out, "economic growth is one aspect of the process of economic development".

Type

The scope of economic development includes the process and policies by which a nation improves the economic, political, and social well-being of its people.

Itxaso del PalacioInvestment Analyst at EC1
Itxaso del Palacio is an academic and an investor. She is an Investment Analyst at EC1 Capital where she is responsible for building a quality deal flow. She is also helping some of the companies in the portfolio. As an academic, Itxaso is a Teaching Fellow in Entrepreneurship at UCL in London. She teaches at the MSc Technology Entrepreneurship and helps students building their companies. In the past, Itxaso was based in Silicon Valley and helped Spanish entrepreneurs setting up in the Bay Area. She has a background in Engineering and she holds a PhD in Entrepreneurship.
About TEDxAthens
http://hub.tedxathens.com/
TEDxAthens is a world-class conference about Innovation, Creativity and Ideas based in Athens, Greece. TEDxAthens is one of the very first TEDx events worldwide -consequently the first TEDx event in Greece- and started in May 2009. TEDxAthens seeks to develop and leverage the TED experience at a regional level, bringing together innovators and inspirational speakers, shakers, makers and breakers.

2:01:46

Global innovation networks and regional dynamics: What do we know and what are the blind spots?

Global innovation networks and regional dynamics: What do we know and what are the blind spots?

Global innovation networks and regional dynamics: What do we know and what are the blind spots?

Planning for Regional Innovation Clusters (RICs)

2011-06-17 Presenters: Scott Dempwolf, Terry Holzheimer and Sakina Khan
THIS WEBCAST AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ONLY, NOT APPLICABLE FOR AICP CM CREDITS.
With the renewed federal focus on fostering regional innovation clusters (RICs), geographic concentrations of firms and industries that do business with each other and have common needs for talent, technology, and infrastructure, planners across the nation are seeking to understand how to translate the concept of clusters into actual sustainable local economic growth. This webinar will examine the regional innovation cluster concept and provide an overview of two communities that have successfully planned for RIC growth. Scott Dempwolf, CeCD, will provide a basic overview of the cluster concept, its evolution in public policy and the current Federal focus on growing RICs, for a general planning audience. This webinar will then focus on the details of how planners have fostered or are working to foster regional innovation clusters in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area. Terry Holzheimer, Ph.D, FAICP, will speak about ArlingtonEconomic Development's experience building a science and technology cluster with a focus on critical infrastructure protection and homeland security. Sakina Khan, Senior Economic Planner, District of ColumbiaOffice of Planning, will describe how the Department of Homeland SecurityHeadquarters investments at the former St. Elizabeths HospitalCampus site may bring innovation and new economic opportunity to the District of Columbia. This will be a joint session put on by NCAC-APA Chapter and the APA Economic Development Division.

Innovation policy is increasingly conceived as the shared responsibility of national and subnational governments, yet most countries are struggling with multilevel governance. During this presentation, José Guimón provides an overview of how different countries are dealing with regional innovation policy and of the institutions and tools used for national-regional coordination. Drawing on examples from Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia, he will discuss policy implications for developing countries, which have decentralized their innovation policies more recently than developed countries, but face more acute challenges with respect to critical mass and institutional capacity.

2:35

Nefertiti: Networking European farms to enhance innovation through demonstration

Nefertiti: Networking European farms to enhance innovation through demonstration

Nefertiti: Networking European farms to enhance innovation through demonstration

The H2020 NEFERTITI project (Networking EuropeanFarms to Enhance Cross Fertilisation and Innovation Uptake through Demonstration) is a Network comprising 32 partners and coordinated by ACTA, the head of Network of the French Agricultural Technical Institutes.
NEFERTITI establishes 10 interactive thematic networks and brings together 45 regional clusters (hubs) of demo-farmers and actors involved (advisors, NGOs, industry, education, researchers and policy makers) in 17 countries. NEFERTITI focuses on creating added value from the exchange of knowledge, actors, farmers and technical content between networks in order to boost innovation uptake and to improve peer to peer learning and network connectivity between farming actors across Europe. In the end, it all contributes to a more competitive and sustainable agriculture.

Patrick Wiedemann | Systems and Network Innovation

Aiming for innovation in new generation network technology：nishi's Group

Aiming for innovation in new generation network technology：nishi's Group

Aiming for innovation in new generation network technology：nishi's Group

Aiming for innovation in new generation network technology
Keio University, Department of SystemDesignEngineering
Hiroaki Nishi
Q.Encryption methods are typically used for security, and when you think of encryption, people tend to think that any type of information is safe if it is encrypted.
At our lab, were using something called side channel attacks for example, and with this, even if you think your communication signals are generally safe, they arent.
For example, consider the communication route. Communication lines flow along cables. Now, data is generally safe if it flows along a cable, but those lines can be tapped to gain access to that information.
Also, with personal computers, we usually work using a monitor and keyboard,
but radio waves are output by monitors and an antenna can be used to capture those radio waves from a remote location and reproduce the images on the screen.
As a countermeasure to this type of action, were using a variety of hardware tools to completely encrypt signal lines.
Data is encrypted so that its impossible for outsiders to determine where the communication stream ends or to determine if there is any communication or information.
Q.afamily restaurants, cold storage warehouses, schools, and ordinary homes and such so that rather than managing the power grid on a house to house basis, the power is controlled as an entire region in a certain location.
As a result, the overall power grid becomes more efficient and there are no cuts in power during peak demand.
As for peaks in power demand, when the power demand suddenly increases, the demand can exceed the power generation capacity of solar cells and gas powered AC generators. What were trying to do is build a system that enables efficient consumption of power on a regional basis by controlling the power so that the demand doesnt exceed the power generation capacity and so that the peak can be shifted to a different time.
Q.With networks, we can be connected to all types of things. The study of this connection is basically a pursuit of the relationship between different things.
With that in mind, we have things that we must do as individuals and we are constantly relying on something. That is when we can use networks to link various information and items.
What we want to do next and what type of lifestyle we want in the future are closely connected, and from that perspective, if your dream is to live a certain type of lifestyle and create a certain type of world, then ICT technology can be used to somehow achieve that dream. In fact, thats how weve reached the point that we are at today. I believe that we can achieve these dreams in the future, so my aspiration is to change the world that we live in, and because I have the desire to make changes, I will begin that effort with the use of ICT technology.
If you want to make changes in the world, we want to work with you to make those changes together.

What is the MSU EDA University Center for Regional Economic Innovation?

What is the MSU EDA University Center for Regional Economic Innovation?

What is the MSU EDA University Center for Regional Economic Innovation?

Transcription: "The Michigan State UniversityEDAUniversity Center for Regional Economic Innovation is funded by the United States Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration. The University Center was founded to help Michigan, a former leader among states in the nation, get back to it's previous heights of success. With a shrinking population and high unemployment Michigan hasn't been doing so well. The University Center for Regional Economic Innovation is here to fix that by re-inventing Michigan with new innovative ideas. REI supports Michigan through the creation and stimulation of the project's six major networks: Innovation Infrastructure, Regional Talent, Growth and Equity, MSUCoordination, Discovery to Market, and Higher Education and Research. These networks address Michigan's economic issues through the creation of original economic development ideas in the form of tools, models, policies, and practices. REI harvests these ideas and sends them out to the Consultative Panel to be filtered. Those ideas that are not selected will be further developed by our networks for use in the next year's idea cycle. The most innovative ideas from the selection process are chosen and eventually transformed into webinars, technical assistance projects, and co-learning plans. To educate leaders and stakeholders in communities throughout Michigan about new economic development ideas these projects are presented to the REI networks and the public at the annual Innovate Michigan Summit with the support of the Economic Development Administration. If you would like to submit a cutting-edge idea or join one of our networks, please visit http://www.reicenter.org."

Global innovation networks and regional dynamics: What do we know and what are the blind spots?

Planning for Regional Innovation Clusters (RICs)

2011-06-17 Presenters: Scott Dempwolf, Terry Holzheimer and Sakina Khan
THIS WEBCAST AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ONLY, NOT APPLICABLE FOR AICP CM CREDITS.
With the renewed federal focus on fostering regional innovation clusters (RICs), geographic concentrations of firms and industries that do business with each other and have common needs for talent, technology, and infrastructure, planners across the nation are seeking to understand how to translate the concept of clusters into actual sustainable local economic growth. This webinar will examine the regional innovation cluster concept and provide an overview of two communities that have successfully planned for RIC growth. Scott Dempwolf, CeCD, will provide a basic overview of the cluster concept, its evolution in public policy and the current...

Innovation policy is increasingly conceived as the shared responsibility of national and subnational governments, yet most countries are struggling with multilevel governance. During this presentation, José Guimón provides an overview of how different countries are dealing with regional innovation policy and of the institutions and tools used for national-regional coordination. Drawing on examples from Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia, he will discuss policy implications for developing countries, which have decentralized their innovation policies more recently than developed countries, but face more acute challenges with respect to critical mass and institutional capacity.

published: 19 Feb 2016

Nefertiti: Networking European farms to enhance innovation through demonstration

The H2020 NEFERTITI project (Networking EuropeanFarms to Enhance Cross Fertilisation and Innovation Uptake through Demonstration) is a Network comprising 32 partners and coordinated by ACTA, the head of Network of the French Agricultural Technical Institutes.
NEFERTITI establishes 10 interactive thematic networks and brings together 45 regional clusters (hubs) of demo-farmers and actors involved (advisors, NGOs, industry, education, researchers and policy makers) in 17 countries. NEFERTITI focuses on creating added value from the exchange of knowledge, actors, farmers and technical content between networks in order to boost innovation uptake and to improve peer to peer learning and network connectivity between farming actors across Europe. In the end, it all contributes to a more compet...

Network Planning for Regional Sustainability

Planning today involves not just analysis, plan making or outreach. Increasingly planning is taking place almost invisibly through networks linking civic leaders, stakeholders, private sector actors, and public agencies.
Indeed networks may offer the only realistic way to do planning in a metropolitan region with hundreds of independent entities with differing agendas and capabilities. This talk will focus on four such networks, Joint VentureSilicon Valley, The SierraBusiness Council, San DiegoDialogue, and the Bay AreaAlliance for Sustainable Communities, looking at how each contributed to the sustainability of its region. It will identify approaches to building and maintaining these networks that have been more and less effective and offer some theory about planning through networks...

Patrick Wiedemann | Systems and Network Innovation

Aiming for innovation in new generation network technology：nishi's Group

Aiming for innovation in new generation network technology
Keio University, Department of SystemDesignEngineering
Hiroaki Nishi
Q.Encryption methods are typically used for security, and when you think of encryption, people tend to think that any type of information is safe if it is encrypted.
At our lab, were using something called side channel attacks for example, and with this, even if you think your communication signals are generally safe, they arent.
For example, consider the communication route. Communication lines flow along cables. Now, data is generally safe if it flows along a cable, but those lines can be tapped to gain access to that information.
Also, with personal computers, we usually work using a monitor and keyboard,
but radio waves are output by monitors and...

Itxaso del PalacioInvestment Analyst at EC1
Itxaso del Palacio is an academic and an investor. She is an Investment Analyst at EC1 Capital where she is responsible for building a quality deal flow. She is also helping some of the companies in the portfolio. As an academic, Itxaso is a Teaching Fellow in Entrepreneurship at UCL in London. She teaches at the MSc Technology Entrepreneurship and helps students building their companies. In the past, Itxaso was based in Silicon Valley and helped Spanish entrepreneurs setting up in the Bay Area. She has a background in Engineering and she holds a PhD in Entrepreneurship.
About TEDxAthens
http://hub.tedxathens.com/
TEDxAthens is a world-class conference about Innovation, Creativity and Ideas based in Athens, Greece. TEDxAthens is one of the very first TEDx events worldwide -consequently the first TEDx event in Greece- and started in May 2009. TEDxAthens seeks to develop and leverage the TED experience at a regional level, bringing together innovators and inspirational speakers, shakers, makers and breakers.

Itxaso del PalacioInvestment Analyst at EC1
Itxaso del Palacio is an academic and an investor. She is an Investment Analyst at EC1 Capital where she is responsible for building a quality deal flow. She is also helping some of the companies in the portfolio. As an academic, Itxaso is a Teaching Fellow in Entrepreneurship at UCL in London. She teaches at the MSc Technology Entrepreneurship and helps students building their companies. In the past, Itxaso was based in Silicon Valley and helped Spanish entrepreneurs setting up in the Bay Area. She has a background in Engineering and she holds a PhD in Entrepreneurship.
About TEDxAthens
http://hub.tedxathens.com/
TEDxAthens is a world-class conference about Innovation, Creativity and Ideas based in Athens, Greece. TEDxAthens is one of the very first TEDx events worldwide -consequently the first TEDx event in Greece- and started in May 2009. TEDxAthens seeks to develop and leverage the TED experience at a regional level, bringing together innovators and inspirational speakers, shakers, makers and breakers.

published:15 Oct 2013

views:771

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Global innovation networks and regional dynamics: What do we know and what are the blind spots?

Planning for Regional Innovation Clusters (RICs)

2011-06-17 Presenters: Scott Dempwolf, Terry Holzheimer and Sakina Khan
THIS WEBCAST AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ONLY, NOT APPLICABLE FOR AICP CM CREDITS.
With the ...

2011-06-17 Presenters: Scott Dempwolf, Terry Holzheimer and Sakina Khan
THIS WEBCAST AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ONLY, NOT APPLICABLE FOR AICP CM CREDITS.
With the renewed federal focus on fostering regional innovation clusters (RICs), geographic concentrations of firms and industries that do business with each other and have common needs for talent, technology, and infrastructure, planners across the nation are seeking to understand how to translate the concept of clusters into actual sustainable local economic growth. This webinar will examine the regional innovation cluster concept and provide an overview of two communities that have successfully planned for RIC growth. Scott Dempwolf, CeCD, will provide a basic overview of the cluster concept, its evolution in public policy and the current Federal focus on growing RICs, for a general planning audience. This webinar will then focus on the details of how planners have fostered or are working to foster regional innovation clusters in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area. Terry Holzheimer, Ph.D, FAICP, will speak about ArlingtonEconomic Development's experience building a science and technology cluster with a focus on critical infrastructure protection and homeland security. Sakina Khan, Senior Economic Planner, District of ColumbiaOffice of Planning, will describe how the Department of Homeland SecurityHeadquarters investments at the former St. Elizabeths HospitalCampus site may bring innovation and new economic opportunity to the District of Columbia. This will be a joint session put on by NCAC-APA Chapter and the APA Economic Development Division.

2011-06-17 Presenters: Scott Dempwolf, Terry Holzheimer and Sakina Khan
THIS WEBCAST AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ONLY, NOT APPLICABLE FOR AICP CM CREDITS.
With the renewed federal focus on fostering regional innovation clusters (RICs), geographic concentrations of firms and industries that do business with each other and have common needs for talent, technology, and infrastructure, planners across the nation are seeking to understand how to translate the concept of clusters into actual sustainable local economic growth. This webinar will examine the regional innovation cluster concept and provide an overview of two communities that have successfully planned for RIC growth. Scott Dempwolf, CeCD, will provide a basic overview of the cluster concept, its evolution in public policy and the current Federal focus on growing RICs, for a general planning audience. This webinar will then focus on the details of how planners have fostered or are working to foster regional innovation clusters in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area. Terry Holzheimer, Ph.D, FAICP, will speak about ArlingtonEconomic Development's experience building a science and technology cluster with a focus on critical infrastructure protection and homeland security. Sakina Khan, Senior Economic Planner, District of ColumbiaOffice of Planning, will describe how the Department of Homeland SecurityHeadquarters investments at the former St. Elizabeths HospitalCampus site may bring innovation and new economic opportunity to the District of Columbia. This will be a joint session put on by NCAC-APA Chapter and the APA Economic Development Division.

Innovation policy is increasingly conceived as the shared responsibility of national and subnational governments, yet most countries are struggling with multile...

Innovation policy is increasingly conceived as the shared responsibility of national and subnational governments, yet most countries are struggling with multilevel governance. During this presentation, José Guimón provides an overview of how different countries are dealing with regional innovation policy and of the institutions and tools used for national-regional coordination. Drawing on examples from Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia, he will discuss policy implications for developing countries, which have decentralized their innovation policies more recently than developed countries, but face more acute challenges with respect to critical mass and institutional capacity.

Innovation policy is increasingly conceived as the shared responsibility of national and subnational governments, yet most countries are struggling with multilevel governance. During this presentation, José Guimón provides an overview of how different countries are dealing with regional innovation policy and of the institutions and tools used for national-regional coordination. Drawing on examples from Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia, he will discuss policy implications for developing countries, which have decentralized their innovation policies more recently than developed countries, but face more acute challenges with respect to critical mass and institutional capacity.

published:19 Feb 2016

views:86

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Nefertiti: Networking European farms to enhance innovation through demonstration

The H2020 NEFERTITI project (Networking EuropeanFarms to Enhance Cross Fertilisation and Innovation Uptake through Demonstration) is a Network comprising 32 partners and coordinated by ACTA, the head of Network of the French Agricultural Technical Institutes.
NEFERTITI establishes 10 interactive thematic networks and brings together 45 regional clusters (hubs) of demo-farmers and actors involved (advisors, NGOs, industry, education, researchers and policy makers) in 17 countries. NEFERTITI focuses on creating added value from the exchange of knowledge, actors, farmers and technical content between networks in order to boost innovation uptake and to improve peer to peer learning and network connectivity between farming actors across Europe. In the end, it all contributes to a more competitive and sustainable agriculture.

The H2020 NEFERTITI project (Networking EuropeanFarms to Enhance Cross Fertilisation and Innovation Uptake through Demonstration) is a Network comprising 32 partners and coordinated by ACTA, the head of Network of the French Agricultural Technical Institutes.
NEFERTITI establishes 10 interactive thematic networks and brings together 45 regional clusters (hubs) of demo-farmers and actors involved (advisors, NGOs, industry, education, researchers and policy makers) in 17 countries. NEFERTITI focuses on creating added value from the exchange of knowledge, actors, farmers and technical content between networks in order to boost innovation uptake and to improve peer to peer learning and network connectivity between farming actors across Europe. In the end, it all contributes to a more competitive and sustainable agriculture.

Aiming for innovation in new generation network technology
Keio University, Department of SystemDesignEngineering
Hiroaki Nishi
Q.Encryption methods are typically used for security, and when you think of encryption, people tend to think that any type of information is safe if it is encrypted.
At our lab, were using something called side channel attacks for example, and with this, even if you think your communication signals are generally safe, they arent.
For example, consider the communication route. Communication lines flow along cables. Now, data is generally safe if it flows along a cable, but those lines can be tapped to gain access to that information.
Also, with personal computers, we usually work using a monitor and keyboard,
but radio waves are output by monitors and an antenna can be used to capture those radio waves from a remote location and reproduce the images on the screen.
As a countermeasure to this type of action, were using a variety of hardware tools to completely encrypt signal lines.
Data is encrypted so that its impossible for outsiders to determine where the communication stream ends or to determine if there is any communication or information.
Q.afamily restaurants, cold storage warehouses, schools, and ordinary homes and such so that rather than managing the power grid on a house to house basis, the power is controlled as an entire region in a certain location.
As a result, the overall power grid becomes more efficient and there are no cuts in power during peak demand.
As for peaks in power demand, when the power demand suddenly increases, the demand can exceed the power generation capacity of solar cells and gas powered AC generators. What were trying to do is build a system that enables efficient consumption of power on a regional basis by controlling the power so that the demand doesnt exceed the power generation capacity and so that the peak can be shifted to a different time.
Q.With networks, we can be connected to all types of things. The study of this connection is basically a pursuit of the relationship between different things.
With that in mind, we have things that we must do as individuals and we are constantly relying on something. That is when we can use networks to link various information and items.
What we want to do next and what type of lifestyle we want in the future are closely connected, and from that perspective, if your dream is to live a certain type of lifestyle and create a certain type of world, then ICT technology can be used to somehow achieve that dream. In fact, thats how weve reached the point that we are at today. I believe that we can achieve these dreams in the future, so my aspiration is to change the world that we live in, and because I have the desire to make changes, I will begin that effort with the use of ICT technology.
If you want to make changes in the world, we want to work with you to make those changes together.

Aiming for innovation in new generation network technology
Keio University, Department of SystemDesignEngineering
Hiroaki Nishi
Q.Encryption methods are typically used for security, and when you think of encryption, people tend to think that any type of information is safe if it is encrypted.
At our lab, were using something called side channel attacks for example, and with this, even if you think your communication signals are generally safe, they arent.
For example, consider the communication route. Communication lines flow along cables. Now, data is generally safe if it flows along a cable, but those lines can be tapped to gain access to that information.
Also, with personal computers, we usually work using a monitor and keyboard,
but radio waves are output by monitors and an antenna can be used to capture those radio waves from a remote location and reproduce the images on the screen.
As a countermeasure to this type of action, were using a variety of hardware tools to completely encrypt signal lines.
Data is encrypted so that its impossible for outsiders to determine where the communication stream ends or to determine if there is any communication or information.
Q.afamily restaurants, cold storage warehouses, schools, and ordinary homes and such so that rather than managing the power grid on a house to house basis, the power is controlled as an entire region in a certain location.
As a result, the overall power grid becomes more efficient and there are no cuts in power during peak demand.
As for peaks in power demand, when the power demand suddenly increases, the demand can exceed the power generation capacity of solar cells and gas powered AC generators. What were trying to do is build a system that enables efficient consumption of power on a regional basis by controlling the power so that the demand doesnt exceed the power generation capacity and so that the peak can be shifted to a different time.
Q.With networks, we can be connected to all types of things. The study of this connection is basically a pursuit of the relationship between different things.
With that in mind, we have things that we must do as individuals and we are constantly relying on something. That is when we can use networks to link various information and items.
What we want to do next and what type of lifestyle we want in the future are closely connected, and from that perspective, if your dream is to live a certain type of lifestyle and create a certain type of world, then ICT technology can be used to somehow achieve that dream. In fact, thats how weve reached the point that we are at today. I believe that we can achieve these dreams in the future, so my aspiration is to change the world that we live in, and because I have the desire to make changes, I will begin that effort with the use of ICT technology.
If you want to make changes in the world, we want to work with you to make those changes together.

Transcription: "The Michigan State UniversityEDAUniversity Center for Regional Economic Innovation is funded by the United States Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration. The University Center was founded to help Michigan, a former leader among states in the nation, get back to it's previous heights of success. With a shrinking population and high unemployment Michigan hasn't been doing so well. The University Center for Regional Economic Innovation is here to fix that by re-inventing Michigan with new innovative ideas. REI supports Michigan through the creation and stimulation of the project's six major networks: Innovation Infrastructure, Regional Talent, Growth and Equity, MSUCoordination, Discovery to Market, and Higher Education and Research. These networks address Michigan's economic issues through the creation of original economic development ideas in the form of tools, models, policies, and practices. REI harvests these ideas and sends them out to the Consultative Panel to be filtered. Those ideas that are not selected will be further developed by our networks for use in the next year's idea cycle. The most innovative ideas from the selection process are chosen and eventually transformed into webinars, technical assistance projects, and co-learning plans. To educate leaders and stakeholders in communities throughout Michigan about new economic development ideas these projects are presented to the REI networks and the public at the annual Innovate Michigan Summit with the support of the Economic Development Administration. If you would like to submit a cutting-edge idea or join one of our networks, please visit http://www.reicenter.org."

Transcription: "The Michigan State UniversityEDAUniversity Center for Regional Economic Innovation is funded by the United States Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration. The University Center was founded to help Michigan, a former leader among states in the nation, get back to it's previous heights of success. With a shrinking population and high unemployment Michigan hasn't been doing so well. The University Center for Regional Economic Innovation is here to fix that by re-inventing Michigan with new innovative ideas. REI supports Michigan through the creation and stimulation of the project's six major networks: Innovation Infrastructure, Regional Talent, Growth and Equity, MSUCoordination, Discovery to Market, and Higher Education and Research. These networks address Michigan's economic issues through the creation of original economic development ideas in the form of tools, models, policies, and practices. REI harvests these ideas and sends them out to the Consultative Panel to be filtered. Those ideas that are not selected will be further developed by our networks for use in the next year's idea cycle. The most innovative ideas from the selection process are chosen and eventually transformed into webinars, technical assistance projects, and co-learning plans. To educate leaders and stakeholders in communities throughout Michigan about new economic development ideas these projects are presented to the REI networks and the public at the annual Innovate Michigan Summit with the support of the Economic Development Administration. If you would like to submit a cutting-edge idea or join one of our networks, please visit http://www.reicenter.org."

Global innovation networks and regional dynamics: What do we know and what are the blind spots?

Planning for Regional Innovation Clusters (RICs)

2011-06-17 Presenters: Scott Dempwolf, Terry Holzheimer and Sakina Khan
THIS WEBCAST AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ONLY, NOT APPLICABLE FOR AICP CM CREDITS.
With the renewed federal focus on fostering regional innovation clusters (RICs), geographic concentrations of firms and industries that do business with each other and have common needs for talent, technology, and infrastructure, planners across the nation are seeking to understand how to translate the concept of clusters into actual sustainable local economic growth. This webinar will examine the regional innovation cluster concept and provide an overview of two communities that have successfully planned for RIC growth. Scott Dempwolf, CeCD, will provide a basic overview of the cluster concept, its evolution in public policy and the current...

Innovation policy is increasingly conceived as the shared responsibility of national and subnational governments, yet most countries are struggling with multilevel governance. During this presentation, José Guimón provides an overview of how different countries are dealing with regional innovation policy and of the institutions and tools used for national-regional coordination. Drawing on examples from Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia, he will discuss policy implications for developing countries, which have decentralized their innovation policies more recently than developed countries, but face more acute challenges with respect to critical mass and institutional capacity.

The Advancing RegionalInnovationProgram encourages innovation across Queensland and supports local economies to create jobs for regional Queenslanders.
The program enables a tailored approach to connecting local efforts, harnessing existing strengths and building regional capability. The intention is to build networks of innovative communities across the state that reflect the diversity of Queensland's regions, draw people together and boost grassroots activities.
Pre-registration for potential projects in each of the regions closes on 18 November 2016. To provide more information about the program and to assist applicants in the registration process, a webinar was held by the Department on Wednesday 10 November.

The objective of this session is to discuss how greater impetus to value chain development in Southern Africa could lead to higher levels of intra-regional trade and significant sustainable development outcomes.
There are few concrete examples of African countries integrating successfully into international production networks. However, just like regional trade can offer a country the opportunity to experiment with trade and strengthen its competitive advantage before venturing into the global economy, similarly regional value chains (RVCs) can effectively serve as a launch pad for countries wishing to plug themselves into GVCs.
RVCs have not been well documented in Africa. But that does not mean that they do not exist. Moreover, the potential to develop RVCs in specific sectors has bee...

published: 02 Oct 2015

bushCONNECT - Fail Safe: Fostering a Culture of Innovation - 2014

Presented by Anu Family Services, Four Bands Community Fund,
Juxtaposition Arts, and Matt Hunt Most leaders wouldn't dare utter the word failure in front of their stakeholders. Times have certainly changed but many organizations are just scratching the surface in embracing failure. Encouraging employees in purposeful
risk-taking and possible failure is a great first step, but to lead through failure, organizations need systems, processes and tools to address failure when it does happen. In this session Matt Hunt, author of the Facing FailurePollen series, will moderate a panel discussion with Bush Prize winners Anu Family Services, Four
Bands Community Fund and Juxtaposition Arts — three organizations that have led through failure to create a culture of innovation.
bushCONNECT is a regio...

published: 27 May 2014

Advancing Regional Innovation Program Pre-registration Webinar – Q&As

The Advancing RegionalInnovationProgram encourages innovation across Queensland and supports local economies to create jobs for regional Queenslanders.
The program enables a tailored approach to connecting local efforts, harnessing existing strengths and building regional capability. The intention is to build networks of innovative communities across the state that reflect the diversity of Queensland's regions, draw people together and boost grassroots activities.
Pre-registration for potential projects in each of the regions closes on 18 November 2016. To provide more information about the program and to assist applicants in the registration process, a webinar was held by the Department on Wednesday 10 November.

Network Planning for Regional Sustainability

Planning today involves not just analysis, plan making or outreach. Increasingly planning is taking place almost invisibly through networks linking civic leaders, stakeholders, private sector actors, and public agencies.
Indeed networks may offer the only realistic way to do planning in a metropolitan region with hundreds of independent entities with differing agendas and capabilities. This talk will focus on four such networks, Joint VentureSilicon Valley, The SierraBusiness Council, San DiegoDialogue, and the Bay AreaAlliance for Sustainable Communities, looking at how each contributed to the sustainability of its region. It will identify approaches to building and maintaining these networks that have been more and less effective and offer some theory about planning through networks...

Planning for Regional Innovation Clusters (RICs)

2011-06-17 Presenters: Scott Dempwolf, Terry Holzheimer and Sakina Khan
THIS WEBCAST AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ONLY, NOT APPLICABLE FOR AICP CM CREDITS.
With the ...

2011-06-17 Presenters: Scott Dempwolf, Terry Holzheimer and Sakina Khan
THIS WEBCAST AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ONLY, NOT APPLICABLE FOR AICP CM CREDITS.
With the renewed federal focus on fostering regional innovation clusters (RICs), geographic concentrations of firms and industries that do business with each other and have common needs for talent, technology, and infrastructure, planners across the nation are seeking to understand how to translate the concept of clusters into actual sustainable local economic growth. This webinar will examine the regional innovation cluster concept and provide an overview of two communities that have successfully planned for RIC growth. Scott Dempwolf, CeCD, will provide a basic overview of the cluster concept, its evolution in public policy and the current Federal focus on growing RICs, for a general planning audience. This webinar will then focus on the details of how planners have fostered or are working to foster regional innovation clusters in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area. Terry Holzheimer, Ph.D, FAICP, will speak about ArlingtonEconomic Development's experience building a science and technology cluster with a focus on critical infrastructure protection and homeland security. Sakina Khan, Senior Economic Planner, District of ColumbiaOffice of Planning, will describe how the Department of Homeland SecurityHeadquarters investments at the former St. Elizabeths HospitalCampus site may bring innovation and new economic opportunity to the District of Columbia. This will be a joint session put on by NCAC-APA Chapter and the APA Economic Development Division.

2011-06-17 Presenters: Scott Dempwolf, Terry Holzheimer and Sakina Khan
THIS WEBCAST AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ONLY, NOT APPLICABLE FOR AICP CM CREDITS.
With the renewed federal focus on fostering regional innovation clusters (RICs), geographic concentrations of firms and industries that do business with each other and have common needs for talent, technology, and infrastructure, planners across the nation are seeking to understand how to translate the concept of clusters into actual sustainable local economic growth. This webinar will examine the regional innovation cluster concept and provide an overview of two communities that have successfully planned for RIC growth. Scott Dempwolf, CeCD, will provide a basic overview of the cluster concept, its evolution in public policy and the current Federal focus on growing RICs, for a general planning audience. This webinar will then focus on the details of how planners have fostered or are working to foster regional innovation clusters in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area. Terry Holzheimer, Ph.D, FAICP, will speak about ArlingtonEconomic Development's experience building a science and technology cluster with a focus on critical infrastructure protection and homeland security. Sakina Khan, Senior Economic Planner, District of ColumbiaOffice of Planning, will describe how the Department of Homeland SecurityHeadquarters investments at the former St. Elizabeths HospitalCampus site may bring innovation and new economic opportunity to the District of Columbia. This will be a joint session put on by NCAC-APA Chapter and the APA Economic Development Division.

Innovation policy is increasingly conceived as the shared responsibility of national and subnational governments, yet most countries are struggling with multile...

Innovation policy is increasingly conceived as the shared responsibility of national and subnational governments, yet most countries are struggling with multilevel governance. During this presentation, José Guimón provides an overview of how different countries are dealing with regional innovation policy and of the institutions and tools used for national-regional coordination. Drawing on examples from Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia, he will discuss policy implications for developing countries, which have decentralized their innovation policies more recently than developed countries, but face more acute challenges with respect to critical mass and institutional capacity.

Innovation policy is increasingly conceived as the shared responsibility of national and subnational governments, yet most countries are struggling with multilevel governance. During this presentation, José Guimón provides an overview of how different countries are dealing with regional innovation policy and of the institutions and tools used for national-regional coordination. Drawing on examples from Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia, he will discuss policy implications for developing countries, which have decentralized their innovation policies more recently than developed countries, but face more acute challenges with respect to critical mass and institutional capacity.

The Advancing RegionalInnovationProgram encourages innovation across Queensland and supports local economies to create jobs for regional Queenslanders.
The program enables a tailored approach to connecting local efforts, harnessing existing strengths and building regional capability. The intention is to build networks of innovative communities across the state that reflect the diversity of Queensland's regions, draw people together and boost grassroots activities.
Pre-registration for potential projects in each of the regions closes on 18 November 2016. To provide more information about the program and to assist applicants in the registration process, a webinar was held by the Department on Wednesday 10 November.

The Advancing RegionalInnovationProgram encourages innovation across Queensland and supports local economies to create jobs for regional Queenslanders.
The program enables a tailored approach to connecting local efforts, harnessing existing strengths and building regional capability. The intention is to build networks of innovative communities across the state that reflect the diversity of Queensland's regions, draw people together and boost grassroots activities.
Pre-registration for potential projects in each of the regions closes on 18 November 2016. To provide more information about the program and to assist applicants in the registration process, a webinar was held by the Department on Wednesday 10 November.

The objective of this session is to discuss how greater impetus to value chain development in Southern Africa could lead to higher levels of intra-regional trad...

The objective of this session is to discuss how greater impetus to value chain development in Southern Africa could lead to higher levels of intra-regional trade and significant sustainable development outcomes.
There are few concrete examples of African countries integrating successfully into international production networks. However, just like regional trade can offer a country the opportunity to experiment with trade and strengthen its competitive advantage before venturing into the global economy, similarly regional value chains (RVCs) can effectively serve as a launch pad for countries wishing to plug themselves into GVCs.
RVCs have not been well documented in Africa. But that does not mean that they do not exist. Moreover, the potential to develop RVCs in specific sectors has been boosted by rules of origin in regional trade agreements and by the ambition to achieve a pan-African Free trade area.
In the context of sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the session will focus on how integrating into Global and Regional Value Chains can contribute towards sustainable development; in particular focusing on the challenges and opportunities for women in GVCs.
Following this general introduction on GVCs and sustainable development, the session will present practical experiences and evidence from Southern Africa, assessing the contribution of value chain participation to specific sustainable development objectives and highlighting the complex inter-relationships between regional value chains and regional trade integration.
For more information: http://www.ictsd.org/themes/development-and-ldcs/events/fostering-regional-integration-through-regional-value-chains

The objective of this session is to discuss how greater impetus to value chain development in Southern Africa could lead to higher levels of intra-regional trade and significant sustainable development outcomes.
There are few concrete examples of African countries integrating successfully into international production networks. However, just like regional trade can offer a country the opportunity to experiment with trade and strengthen its competitive advantage before venturing into the global economy, similarly regional value chains (RVCs) can effectively serve as a launch pad for countries wishing to plug themselves into GVCs.
RVCs have not been well documented in Africa. But that does not mean that they do not exist. Moreover, the potential to develop RVCs in specific sectors has been boosted by rules of origin in regional trade agreements and by the ambition to achieve a pan-African Free trade area.
In the context of sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the session will focus on how integrating into Global and Regional Value Chains can contribute towards sustainable development; in particular focusing on the challenges and opportunities for women in GVCs.
Following this general introduction on GVCs and sustainable development, the session will present practical experiences and evidence from Southern Africa, assessing the contribution of value chain participation to specific sustainable development objectives and highlighting the complex inter-relationships between regional value chains and regional trade integration.
For more information: http://www.ictsd.org/themes/development-and-ldcs/events/fostering-regional-integration-through-regional-value-chains

Presented by Anu Family Services, Four Bands Community Fund,
Juxtaposition Arts, and Matt Hunt Most leaders wouldn't dare utter the word failure in front of their stakeholders. Times have certainly changed but many organizations are just scratching the surface in embracing failure. Encouraging employees in purposeful
risk-taking and possible failure is a great first step, but to lead through failure, organizations need systems, processes and tools to address failure when it does happen. In this session Matt Hunt, author of the Facing FailurePollen series, will moderate a panel discussion with Bush Prize winners Anu Family Services, Four
Bands Community Fund and Juxtaposition Arts — three organizations that have led through failure to create a culture of innovation.
bushCONNECT is a regional leadership networking event powered by the Bush Foundation and created in partnership with nearly 30 organizations from Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. bushCONNECT is about the people in the room and the connections you will make when we bring together different networks of leaders. It's about thinking bigger and thinking differently about what's possible in your community.
Learn more at http://bfdn.org/bushcon

Presented by Anu Family Services, Four Bands Community Fund,
Juxtaposition Arts, and Matt Hunt Most leaders wouldn't dare utter the word failure in front of their stakeholders. Times have certainly changed but many organizations are just scratching the surface in embracing failure. Encouraging employees in purposeful
risk-taking and possible failure is a great first step, but to lead through failure, organizations need systems, processes and tools to address failure when it does happen. In this session Matt Hunt, author of the Facing FailurePollen series, will moderate a panel discussion with Bush Prize winners Anu Family Services, Four
Bands Community Fund and Juxtaposition Arts — three organizations that have led through failure to create a culture of innovation.
bushCONNECT is a regional leadership networking event powered by the Bush Foundation and created in partnership with nearly 30 organizations from Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. bushCONNECT is about the people in the room and the connections you will make when we bring together different networks of leaders. It's about thinking bigger and thinking differently about what's possible in your community.
Learn more at http://bfdn.org/bushcon

The Advancing RegionalInnovationProgram encourages innovation across Queensland and supports local economies to create jobs for regional Queenslanders.
The program enables a tailored approach to connecting local efforts, harnessing existing strengths and building regional capability. The intention is to build networks of innovative communities across the state that reflect the diversity of Queensland's regions, draw people together and boost grassroots activities.
Pre-registration for potential projects in each of the regions closes on 18 November 2016. To provide more information about the program and to assist applicants in the registration process, a webinar was held by the Department on Wednesday 10 November.

The Advancing RegionalInnovationProgram encourages innovation across Queensland and supports local economies to create jobs for regional Queenslanders.
The program enables a tailored approach to connecting local efforts, harnessing existing strengths and building regional capability. The intention is to build networks of innovative communities across the state that reflect the diversity of Queensland's regions, draw people together and boost grassroots activities.
Pre-registration for potential projects in each of the regions closes on 18 November 2016. To provide more information about the program and to assist applicants in the registration process, a webinar was held by the Department on Wednesday 10 November.

Itxaso del PalacioInvestment Analyst at EC1
Itxaso del Palacio is an academic and an investor. She is an Investment Analyst at EC1 Capital where she is responsible for building a quality deal flow. She is also helping some of the companies in the portfolio. As an academic, Itxaso is a Teaching Fellow in Entrepreneurship at UCL in London. She teaches at the MSc Technology Entrepreneurship and helps students building their companies. In the past, Itxaso was based in Silicon Valley and helped Spanish entrepreneurs setting up in the Bay Area. She has a background in Engineering and she holds a PhD in Entrepreneurship.
About TEDxAthens
http://hub.tedxathens.com/
TEDxAthens is a world-class conference about Innovation, Creativity and Ideas based in Athens, Greece. TEDxAthens is one of the very first TEDx events worldwide -consequently the first TEDx event in Greece- and started in May 2009. TEDxAthens seeks to develop and leverage the TED experience at a regional level, bringing together innovators and inspirational speakers, shakers, makers and breakers.

2:01:46

Global innovation networks and regional dynamics: What do we know and what are the blind spots?

Planning for Regional Innovation Clusters (RICs)

2011-06-17 Presenters: Scott Dempwolf, Terry Holzheimer and Sakina Khan
THIS WEBCAST AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ONLY, NOT APPLICABLE FOR AICP CM CREDITS.
With the renewed federal focus on fostering regional innovation clusters (RICs), geographic concentrations of firms and industries that do business with each other and have common needs for talent, technology, and infrastructure, planners across the nation are seeking to understand how to translate the concept of clusters into actual sustainable local economic growth. This webinar will examine the regional innovation cluster concept and provide an overview of two communities that have successfully planned for RIC growth. Scott Dempwolf, CeCD, will provide a basic overview of the cluster concept, its evolution in public policy and the current Federal focus on growing RICs, for a general planning audience. This webinar will then focus on the details of how planners have fostered or are working to foster regional innovation clusters in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area. Terry Holzheimer, Ph.D, FAICP, will speak about ArlingtonEconomic Development's experience building a science and technology cluster with a focus on critical infrastructure protection and homeland security. Sakina Khan, Senior Economic Planner, District of ColumbiaOffice of Planning, will describe how the Department of Homeland SecurityHeadquarters investments at the former St. Elizabeths HospitalCampus site may bring innovation and new economic opportunity to the District of Columbia. This will be a joint session put on by NCAC-APA Chapter and the APA Economic Development Division.

Innovation policy is increasingly conceived as the shared responsibility of national and subnational governments, yet most countries are struggling with multilevel governance. During this presentation, José Guimón provides an overview of how different countries are dealing with regional innovation policy and of the institutions and tools used for national-regional coordination. Drawing on examples from Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia, he will discuss policy implications for developing countries, which have decentralized their innovation policies more recently than developed countries, but face more acute challenges with respect to critical mass and institutional capacity.

2:35

Nefertiti: Networking European farms to enhance innovation through demonstration

The H2020 NEFERTITI project (Networking European Farms to Enhance Cross Fertilisation and ...

Nefertiti: Networking European farms to enhance innovation through demonstration

The H2020 NEFERTITI project (Networking EuropeanFarms to Enhance Cross Fertilisation and Innovation Uptake through Demonstration) is a Network comprising 32 partners and coordinated by ACTA, the head of Network of the French Agricultural Technical Institutes.
NEFERTITI establishes 10 interactive thematic networks and brings together 45 regional clusters (hubs) of demo-farmers and actors involved (advisors, NGOs, industry, education, researchers and policy makers) in 17 countries. NEFERTITI focuses on creating added value from the exchange of knowledge, actors, farmers and technical content between networks in order to boost innovation uptake and to improve peer to peer learning and network connectivity between farming actors across Europe. In the end, it all contributes to a more competitive and sustainable agriculture.

3:34

OC STEM Regional Innovation Support Provider Network Overview

A three minute snapshot of the OC STEM Regional Innovation Support Provider Network's effo...

Aiming for innovation in new generation network technology：nishi's Group

Aiming for innovation in new generation network technology
Keio University, Department of SystemDesignEngineering
Hiroaki Nishi
Q.Encryption methods are typically used for security, and when you think of encryption, people tend to think that any type of information is safe if it is encrypted.
At our lab, were using something called side channel attacks for example, and with this, even if you think your communication signals are generally safe, they arent.
For example, consider the communication route. Communication lines flow along cables. Now, data is generally safe if it flows along a cable, but those lines can be tapped to gain access to that information.
Also, with personal computers, we usually work using a monitor and keyboard,
but radio waves are output by monitors and an antenna can be used to capture those radio waves from a remote location and reproduce the images on the screen.
As a countermeasure to this type of action, were using a variety of hardware tools to completely encrypt signal lines.
Data is encrypted so that its impossible for outsiders to determine where the communication stream ends or to determine if there is any communication or information.
Q.afamily restaurants, cold storage warehouses, schools, and ordinary homes and such so that rather than managing the power grid on a house to house basis, the power is controlled as an entire region in a certain location.
As a result, the overall power grid becomes more efficient and there are no cuts in power during peak demand.
As for peaks in power demand, when the power demand suddenly increases, the demand can exceed the power generation capacity of solar cells and gas powered AC generators. What were trying to do is build a system that enables efficient consumption of power on a regional basis by controlling the power so that the demand doesnt exceed the power generation capacity and so that the peak can be shifted to a different time.
Q.With networks, we can be connected to all types of things. The study of this connection is basically a pursuit of the relationship between different things.
With that in mind, we have things that we must do as individuals and we are constantly relying on something. That is when we can use networks to link various information and items.
What we want to do next and what type of lifestyle we want in the future are closely connected, and from that perspective, if your dream is to live a certain type of lifestyle and create a certain type of world, then ICT technology can be used to somehow achieve that dream. In fact, thats how weve reached the point that we are at today. I believe that we can achieve these dreams in the future, so my aspiration is to change the world that we live in, and because I have the desire to make changes, I will begin that effort with the use of ICT technology.
If you want to make changes in the world, we want to work with you to make those changes together.

What is the MSU EDA University Center for Regional Economic Innovation?

Transcription: "The Michigan State UniversityEDAUniversity Center for Regional Economic Innovation is funded by the United States Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration. The University Center was founded to help Michigan, a former leader among states in the nation, get back to it's previous heights of success. With a shrinking population and high unemployment Michigan hasn't been doing so well. The University Center for Regional Economic Innovation is here to fix that by re-inventing Michigan with new innovative ideas. REI supports Michigan through the creation and stimulation of the project's six major networks: Innovation Infrastructure, Regional Talent, Growth and Equity, MSUCoordination, Discovery to Market, and Higher Education and Research. These networks address Michigan's economic issues through the creation of original economic development ideas in the form of tools, models, policies, and practices. REI harvests these ideas and sends them out to the Consultative Panel to be filtered. Those ideas that are not selected will be further developed by our networks for use in the next year's idea cycle. The most innovative ideas from the selection process are chosen and eventually transformed into webinars, technical assistance projects, and co-learning plans. To educate leaders and stakeholders in communities throughout Michigan about new economic development ideas these projects are presented to the REI networks and the public at the annual Innovate Michigan Summit with the support of the Economic Development Administration. If you would like to submit a cutting-edge idea or join one of our networks, please visit http://www.reicenter.org."

Planning for Regional Innovation Clusters (RICs)

2011-06-17 Presenters: Scott Dempwolf, Terry Holzheimer and Sakina Khan
THIS WEBCAST AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ONLY, NOT APPLICABLE FOR AICP CM CREDITS.
With the renewed federal focus on fostering regional innovation clusters (RICs), geographic concentrations of firms and industries that do business with each other and have common needs for talent, technology, and infrastructure, planners across the nation are seeking to understand how to translate the concept of clusters into actual sustainable local economic growth. This webinar will examine the regional innovation cluster concept and provide an overview of two communities that have successfully planned for RIC growth. Scott Dempwolf, CeCD, will provide a basic overview of the cluster concept, its evolution in public policy and the current Federal focus on growing RICs, for a general planning audience. This webinar will then focus on the details of how planners have fostered or are working to foster regional innovation clusters in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area. Terry Holzheimer, Ph.D, FAICP, will speak about ArlingtonEconomic Development's experience building a science and technology cluster with a focus on critical infrastructure protection and homeland security. Sakina Khan, Senior Economic Planner, District of ColumbiaOffice of Planning, will describe how the Department of Homeland SecurityHeadquarters investments at the former St. Elizabeths HospitalCampus site may bring innovation and new economic opportunity to the District of Columbia. This will be a joint session put on by NCAC-APA Chapter and the APA Economic Development Division.

Innovation policy is increasingly conceived as the shared responsibility of national and subnational governments, yet most countries are struggling with multilevel governance. During this presentation, José Guimón provides an overview of how different countries are dealing with regional innovation policy and of the institutions and tools used for national-regional coordination. Drawing on examples from Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia, he will discuss policy implications for developing countries, which have decentralized their innovation policies more recently than developed countries, but face more acute challenges with respect to critical mass and institutional capacity.

8:00:00

Capgemini Week of Innovation Networks 2017: New York City

#CWIN17 is a worldwide Business and Technology event which provides a unique opportunity t...

The Advancing RegionalInnovationProgram encourages innovation across Queensland and supports local economies to create jobs for regional Queenslanders.
The program enables a tailored approach to connecting local efforts, harnessing existing strengths and building regional capability. The intention is to build networks of innovative communities across the state that reflect the diversity of Queensland's regions, draw people together and boost grassroots activities.
Pre-registration for potential projects in each of the regions closes on 18 November 2016. To provide more information about the program and to assist applicants in the registration process, a webinar was held by the Department on Wednesday 10 November.

The objective of this session is to discuss how greater impetus to value chain development in Southern Africa could lead to higher levels of intra-regional trade and significant sustainable development outcomes.
There are few concrete examples of African countries integrating successfully into international production networks. However, just like regional trade can offer a country the opportunity to experiment with trade and strengthen its competitive advantage before venturing into the global economy, similarly regional value chains (RVCs) can effectively serve as a launch pad for countries wishing to plug themselves into GVCs.
RVCs have not been well documented in Africa. But that does not mean that they do not exist. Moreover, the potential to develop RVCs in specific sectors has been boosted by rules of origin in regional trade agreements and by the ambition to achieve a pan-African Free trade area.
In the context of sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the session will focus on how integrating into Global and Regional Value Chains can contribute towards sustainable development; in particular focusing on the challenges and opportunities for women in GVCs.
Following this general introduction on GVCs and sustainable development, the session will present practical experiences and evidence from Southern Africa, assessing the contribution of value chain participation to specific sustainable development objectives and highlighting the complex inter-relationships between regional value chains and regional trade integration.
For more information: http://www.ictsd.org/themes/development-and-ldcs/events/fostering-regional-integration-through-regional-value-chains

1:00:02

bushCONNECT - Fail Safe: Fostering a Culture of Innovation - 2014

Presented by Anu Family Services, Four Bands Community Fund,
Juxtaposition Arts, and Matt ...

bushCONNECT - Fail Safe: Fostering a Culture of Innovation - 2014

Presented by Anu Family Services, Four Bands Community Fund,
Juxtaposition Arts, and Matt Hunt Most leaders wouldn't dare utter the word failure in front of their stakeholders. Times have certainly changed but many organizations are just scratching the surface in embracing failure. Encouraging employees in purposeful
risk-taking and possible failure is a great first step, but to lead through failure, organizations need systems, processes and tools to address failure when it does happen. In this session Matt Hunt, author of the Facing FailurePollen series, will moderate a panel discussion with Bush Prize winners Anu Family Services, Four
Bands Community Fund and Juxtaposition Arts — three organizations that have led through failure to create a culture of innovation.
bushCONNECT is a regional leadership networking event powered by the Bush Foundation and created in partnership with nearly 30 organizations from Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. bushCONNECT is about the people in the room and the connections you will make when we bring together different networks of leaders. It's about thinking bigger and thinking differently about what's possible in your community.
Learn more at http://bfdn.org/bushcon

36:51

Advancing Regional Innovation Program Pre-registration Webinar – Q&As

The Advancing Regional Innovation Program encourages innovation across Queensland and supp...

Advancing Regional Innovation Program Pre-registration Webinar – Q&As

The Advancing RegionalInnovationProgram encourages innovation across Queensland and supports local economies to create jobs for regional Queenslanders.
The program enables a tailored approach to connecting local efforts, harnessing existing strengths and building regional capability. The intention is to build networks of innovative communities across the state that reflect the diversity of Queensland's regions, draw people together and boost grassroots activities.
Pre-registration for potential projects in each of the regions closes on 18 November 2016. To provide more information about the program and to assist applicants in the registration process, a webinar was held by the Department on Wednesday 10 November.

Session 4 (Innovation Clusters in the Creative Eco...

Venture Capital Perspectives: Early Stage Biotech...

It turns out that a theory explaining how we might detect parallel universes and prediction for the end of the world was proposed and completed by physicist Stephen Hawking shortly before he died ... &nbsp;. According to reports, the work predicts that the universe would eventually end when stars run out of energy ... ....

In another blow to the Trump administration Monday, the US Supreme Court decided Arizona must continue to issue state driver’s licenses to so-called Dreamer immigrants and refused to hear an effort by the state to challenge the Obama-era program that protects hundreds of thousands of young adults brought into the country illegally as children, Reuters reported ... – WN.com. Jack Durschlag....

Uber announced on Monday that it was pulling all of its self-driving cars from public roads in Arizona and San Francisco, Toronto, and Pittsburgh after a female pedestrian was reportedly killed after being struck by an autonomous Uber vehicle in Tempe, according to The Verge.&nbsp; ... “We are fully cooperating with local authorities in their investigation of this incident.” ... "Some incredibly sad news out of Arizona....

An explosion on Sunday night in Austin shared "similarities" with three bombs that went off in the Texas capital earlier this month and authorities were warning on Monday that they are dealing with a serial bomber who is targeting the city, according to the Washington Post... “So we’ve definitely seen a change in the method that this suspect … is using.” ... “And we assure you that we are listening ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....

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From Alibaba to ZTE, Chinese companies have been making waves in innovation. They are the types of companies that can rebut the outdated question of whether China can make its own stuff, or, more precisely, can innovate and turn that process into profits. Forbes' 100World's Most Innovative Companies for 2017 included six Chinese enterprises ... These innovative companies also have the benefit of the world's largest market....

There’s no disputing these are difficult times for New England fishermen, with ever-tightening regulations, a diminishing catch and the added uncertainty brought on by climate change ... And Gloucester was hustling ... We wouldn’t have had those interactions if we weren’t here.” ... It was an early, innovative user of social media, and it has slyly, memorably updated its classic “Trust the Gorton’s Fisherman” commercials ... ....

More than 100km from Nagpur, in Baba Amte’s Anandwan, a motley bunch of mavericks from the field of education met last weekend. The group that calls itself the ‘Indian Multi-universities Alliance’ had a clear agenda ... No degrees or diplomas in this Ladakh institute ... For dealing with water scarcity, they are introduced to the unique innovation of ice stupas wherein wastewater during winters is stored in the form of huge ice cones ... ....

CUSTOMS HOUSE RETURNS 2018 CELEBRATES AUSTRALIAN AND NSW ARTISTS AND GLOBAL CREATIVE INNOVATORS JAMES CAMERON AND DARE JENNINGS HEADLINE VIVIDIDEAS VIVID MUSIC ARTISTS INCLUDE ST. VINCENT, ICE CUBE AND SOLANGE 2018 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT VIDEO CONTENT AND IMAGES ARE ... ....

Strong believers of experiential learning, these innovators in education feel that alternative education needs to go mainstream ... For dealing with water scarcity, they are introduced to the unique innovation of Ice Stupas wherein wastewater during winters is stored in the form of huge ice cones ... The innovative models became dead as soon as they came under the University Grants Commission (UGC),” says Manish ... ‘GAP YEAR IMPORTANT’ ... RELATED....

Islamabad... Trends and Practices, Prospects and Innovations as a chief guest ... Shaheen Khan, Adviser Learning Innovation, HEC, Fida Hussain, Director General LI, HEC and a large number of faculty members and professionals attended the event ... Mahmood-ul-Hassan Butt shed light on salient trends and practices, prospects and innovations that had been incorporated in the higher education sector since the inception of HEC ... ....

'We got lucky,' he said of his startup, Ruvna, of which he is chief financial officer ... Dr. Ann Murphy, associate dean, school of business ... Of the more than two dozen SeniorDesign projects that will be showcased at the May 2 InnovationExpo at Stevens, 11 are entrepreneurship concepts - everything from an app to provide technology tools to therapists, to a new cryptocurrency exchange, to a crowdsourced weather app ... MarshallSinger....

Trends and Practices, Prospects and Innovations as a chief guest ...Shaheen Khan, Adviser Learning Innovation, HEC, Fida Hussain, Director General LI, HEC and a large number of faculty members and professionals attended the event ... Mahmood-ul-Hassan Butt shed light on salient trends and practices, prospects and innovations that had been incorporated in the higher education sector since the inception of HEC....

The project will mix homes, retail and research ...Phil Murphy says will help realize his goal of making New Jersey a magnet for scientific and technological innovation. Plus, it will bring "lots" of new jobs to the state, he said ... "grow the darn economy" in the Garden State, especially what he calls the "innovation economy." ... .@GovMurphy calls this a "very significant" opportunity, saying it will help grow N.J.'s "innovation economy." ... // ... ....

New Zealand technology experts are calling the death of a woman in Arizona at the hands of a driverless car an inevitability that should not stop the progress of this innovation. Self driving car (file picture). Source. 1 NEWS... "These are different times ... Professor Hossein Sarrafzadeh, professor of high tech research at Unitec, says an incident like this was going to happen "sooner or later" but the innovation will continue ... ....

The NUS-USI’s annual conference takes place this week in Londonderry. NUS-USI president Olivia Potter-Hughes said the union´s annual conference will be discussing innovative and pragmatic ways to deliver free education (NUS/USI/PA) ... “It is incumbent upon government that they employ innovative ways of scrapping tuition fees and deliver additional training and apprenticeship opportunities for people here.” ... Ms Potter-Hughes added ... ....